Ramdeen: Cumuto residents told move for highway

Residents occupying homes in the path of the proposed Cumuto/Manzanilla Highway have been issued notices by an engineering company to begin surveying land in the area.

So said United National Congress (UNC) senator and attorney Gerald Ramdeen who met with close to 150 distressed residents of the constituency, on Friday evening, at Lewis Street, Cumuto, to discuss the development.

He said the residents began receiving the notices about two weeks ago.

Ramdeen said the company, Voltec Engineering and Surveying Services Ltd, has been retained by the State to start surveying land in the area.

The company, established in 1996, is headquartered at 66 Gordon Street, San Fernando.

“What was most disturbing about hearing the plight of the residents is that up to now, even though works have commenced on the highway and the demolition of the reserve through which the highway is running, the residents have not been told exactly which properties are going to be the subject of demolition or acquisition by virtue of the actions of the state in the highway,” Ramdeen said.